A/HRC/44/40/Add.3 until they improve their financial situation to become financially independent. The Department of Social Welfare encourages family and community support to take responsibility for the elderly. VIII. Climate change Paragraph 80 Surface temperatures, sea level, and extreme weather events are all increasing in Malaysia, and climate change will exact a high toll. It is all the more alarming then that officials at the state level, who are responsible for land and natural resources management, and officials at the federal level who handle social protection, rural development, and vulnerable groups, seem to be paying almost no attention to the risks facing poor people who will be particularly affected by climate change. The Special Rapporteur was provided with no evidence that they are factoring climate change into their poverty and social protection policies. Comments from the Government of Malaysia: • The Low Carbon Cities Framework and Assessment System (LCCF) under the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate of Malaysia (MESTECC) and implemented by GreenTech Malaysia is a national framework and assessment system to guide and access the development of low carbon cities throughout Malaysia. LCCF assists local authorities and developers to achieve low carbon cities status, providing a framework and tools to implement strategies that will reduce their carbon emission by phases. Among the local authorities that have received recognition under LCCF are Subang Jaya Municipal Council, Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council, Shah Alam City Council, Klang Municipal Council and Seberang Perai Municipal Council. • MESTECC launched the Low Carbon Cities 2030 Challenge to create cleaner, healthier and economical cities. Under this initiative, MESTECC through Malaysia Green Technology Corporation (MGTC) works closely with Local Authorities to reduce their carbon emissions from energy and water consumption, transportation and waste generation. The Local Authorities are also encouraged to protect and increase their green areas and water bodies. This initiative based upon the Low Carbon Cities Framework (LCCF) developed by the Government and implemented since 2011. • To further strengthen the implementation of low carbon initiatives in Malaysian cities, the Green Technology Application for the Development of Low Carbon Cities (GTALCC), a 5-year project was initiated to remove barriers to low carbon planning and development in Malaysian cities by building their institutional capacity, as well as addressing incomplete policy and regulatory framework and mobilising finance and incentives for low carbon development. Paragraph 82 Current economic planning appears to be blithely proceeding as though climate change is a matter of community education, rather than requiring deep changes in official policies. Malaysia’s economy is dangerously reliant on industries linked to high carbon emissions: in 2019, petroleum provided 30.9 percent of Malaysian’s fiscal revenue, and the country reportedly accounts for 28 percent of global palm oil production. In addition to the impact of climate change itself, Malaysia’s economy and fiscal revenue will presumably be greatly affected by any meaningful global actions to reduce carbon emissions and deforestation, with potentially severe implications for public expenditure. Comments from the Government of Malaysia: • Malaysia has put in place a national framework for the regular preparation and reporting of national communications and biennial update reports to the UNFCCC. This is based on Technical Working Groups and Sub Working Groups with inter-agency membership and the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change acting as the coordinating Agency and would include membership from the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and key Ministries involved in climate change 41